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Galle (Sri Lanka): Sri Lanka's captain Sanath Jayasuriya won the toss and sent India to bat in the first cricket Test in Galle on August 14.

[an error occurred while processing this directive]Sri Lanka has added a fourth seamer, Suresh Perera, on the hard, grassy wicket that is expected to help the fast bowlers in the early stages of the match.

Perera came in for wicket-keeper Romesh Kaluwitharana, leaving Kumara Sangakkara to don the gloves.

India, without the injured Sachin Tendulkar, went in with six specialist batsmen in the first of the three back-to-back Tests.

However, as the game entered the fourth over, rain stopped play forcing the authorities to pull the covers-on.